专业描述

Faculty in the Department teach in four subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory & Philosophy. Within the American subfield, our courses cover political institutions, public policy, race and ethnicity, mass political behavior and public opinion, and constitutional law. Policy specializations include environment, health care, immigration and language, and welfare. The comparative politics curriculum spans the globe. We offer courses on regional politics in Africa, South and East Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, and the Middle East, as well as courses that cross regional boundaries and emphasize general themes such as democratization, political economy, and state building. Our political theorists teach both ancient and modern political thought, including specialized courses on specific philosophers such as Machiavelli, Montesquieu, and Nietzsche. In these classrooms, students also face the enduring questions of political philosophy, questions relating to liberty and equality, justice, democracy, power, and morality. In the International Relations subfield, the curriculum covers national security policy, American foreign policy, international political economy, international law and organizations, and the relationship of domestic to foreign policy. We also teach courses on regional issues of international relations, in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, in particular. Course Overview During any one student's four years at Tufts there will numerous courses offered in the Department of Political Science. Even so, undergraduates can go outside of the Department to some selected Tufts programs and receive political science credit for approved courses. Advanced students also can enroll with the instructor's permission in graduate courses at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. A limited number of Political Science majors are accepted into a five year BA-MA program with the Fletcher School. Students apply during their junior year. Course work extends, of course, beyond our campus through the Tufts-in-Washington program and approved study abroad programs. Teaching Awards Over the years the University and the profession have been recognized by the high quality of instruction in the Department of Political Science, which offers students exposure to a dedicated, diverse, and accomplished faculty. Read more.